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'''Garcinia indica''' a plant in the mangosteen family, mostly in Asia and Africa. Garcinia indica is indigenous to the Western Ghats region of India located along the western coast of the country.  
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'''Garcinia indica''' a plant in the mangosteen family. It is native to Asia and Africa. Garcinia indica is indigenous to the Western Ghats region of India located along the western coast of the country.  
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==Uses==
 
==Uses==
 
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cancers}}, {{Uses|Skin problems}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
 
{{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cancers}}, {{Uses|Skin problems}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
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{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|estipulate; petiole 5-12 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 6.5-11 x 1.5-4 cm, lanceolate or obovate-oblong, base attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining, membranous; lateral nerves 7-18 pairs, parallel, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Estipulate; petiole 5-12 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 6.5-11 x 1.5-4 cm, lanceolate or obovate-oblong, base attenuate.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
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{{Flower|Polygamodieocious|Axillary and terminal fascicles||Many|pedicels 6 mm long; sepals 4, yellowish-orange to pinkish-orange, coriaceous, ovate-rotundate, outer ones 3-4.5 mm long, inner ones 4.5-5 mm long; petals 4, 5-6 mm long, thick; stamens many, inserted on a hemispheric subquardate torus; filaments short; anthers oblong, truncate, loculi laterally introrse; rudimentary pistil absent or a few equalling the stamens; female flowers: solitary, terminal; pedicels 3 mm long; sepals and petals as in male flowers; staminodes 10-, 18, in 4 unequal, 2 to 3 seriate phalanges alternating with petals, 1-3 mm long; ovary superior, 4-8 locular, subglobose; stigma 4-8 rayed, convex, coronate, rays tuberculate, often 2-seriate.}}
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{{Flower|Polygamodieocious|Axillary and terminal fascicles||Many|Pedicels 6 mm long; sepals 4, yellowish-orange to pinkish-orange, coriaceous, ovate-rotundate, outer ones 3-4.5 mm long, inner ones 4.5-5 mm long.}}
  
 
===Fruit===
 
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Revision as of 11:55, 11 May 2020

KOKUM(punarpuli)

Garcinia indica a plant in the mangosteen family. It is native to Asia and Africa. Garcinia indica is indigenous to the Western Ghats region of India located along the western coast of the country.

Uses

Indigestion, Cuts, Snakebites, Diabetes, Cancers, Skin problems, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-sambubioside[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Murgina, Punarpuli
Hindi Kokum
Malayalam Kaattampi
Tamil Murgal, Murgal-mara
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Vrikshamia, Amlabija
English Kokam, Goa butter tree


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Amla (sour), Madhura (sweet)

Guna

Ruksha (Dry), Guru (heavy)

Veerya

Ushna (Hot)

Vipaka

Madhura (sweet)

Karma

Kapha, Vata

Prabhava

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite Estipulate; petiole 5-12 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 6.5-11 x 1.5-4 cm, lanceolate or obovate-oblong, base attenuate.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Polygamodieocious Axillary and terminal fascicles Many Pedicels 6 mm long; sepals 4, yellowish-orange to pinkish-orange, coriaceous, ovate-rotundate, outer ones 3-4.5 mm long, inner ones 4.5-5 mm long.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Berry 2.5-4 cm across 4-8 loculed, purple or wine brown, surrounded by persistent calyx; pulp red seeds 5-8, compressed in acidic pulp. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

[3]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Grafting.

How to plant/cultivate

It can be propagated through soft wood grafts. Garcinia indica requires a warm and humid tropical climate.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Forest lands, Riversides, Wastelands.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Nuts

  • Fruits

References

  1. ↑ "Main constituents"
  2. ↑ FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "Botanical description"
  3. ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
  4. ↑ "Cultivation Details"

External Links

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